Cloud over the Opal Field - White Cliffs

A century of opal mining at White Cliffs has resulted in a unique landscape that is dotted with thousands of mullock heaps and old shafts. Slowly nature will reclaim the old workings and yet, despite the mining, there is a beauty to be found in this scarred environment. I paint in a realist/impressionist style with the aim of depicting the subject in a way that is convincing, in respect to both tone and colour, and hopefully capturing something of the feel of the location.

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David Lake is a painter of the Australian landscape in a representational style. His art practice began more than forty years ago and since 2002 he has been painting on a full time basis.

Several solo exhibitions over a ten year period up until 2010. Regularly enters art competitions across NSW, including the Sydney Metro area. Has collected more than 100 first prizes and over $100,000 in prize money which is a testament to his skill as an artist.

David is a Fellow of the Royal Art Society of NSW . His paintings are held in Australia in both private and municipal collections and private collections overseas, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan and the USA.